Soap-holder



UNITED STATES PATENT FFIcE. g

JAMES H. \VEL CII, OF \VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TORICHARD F. IRISH, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SOAP-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,873, dated April11, 1899.

Application filed'september 1311897. Serial No. 651,556." (No modelll Toall whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES H. IVELCH, a citizen of the United States,residing at YVashington, District of Columbia, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Soap- Holders, (patented in Great Britain,No. 24,700, December 24, 1895;) and I do hereby declare the following-tobe a'full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to an improvement in holders for soap, andparticularly such holders as are designed to be arranged in convenientproximity to the Wash basin or bowl of lavatories, bath-rooms, andsimilar compartments in hotels, railway-stations, and other public andprivate places.

In most of the constructions hitherto known to me a spindle device ofsome kind is employed, which spindle passes into or through the soap. Ihave found that after some use the water enters around said spindle, and

thus eventually and indeed very quickly softens the soap about saidspindle, thus rendering the soap easily broken.

It is the object of my invention to prevent the access of water aroundthe spindle, thus avoiding all the disadvantages arising from suchentrance.

With this object in view my invention consists in providing the spindlewhich enters the soap with a disk, cap, or plate having an annulardepending flange permanently fixed or'secured to said spindle at a pointintermediate between its ends, which is arranged to out into the soaparound the spindle, and thereby prevent the water from getting to thatpart of the spindle which is inserted in the soap. Moreover, in additionto this the said annular flange in being forced into the soap compressesthat part of the soap surrounded by it, thus still further aiding inpreventing the water from entering the soap. In this way the soap cannotbe worn away around the spindle to any appreciable extent, since itremains hard up to the last. The

aforesaid spindle is provided at the end which does not enter the soapwith any suitable means for suspending the same.

view of the same.

My invention, moreover, consists in removably attaching to the lower endof the spindle, preferably by screw-threading, a compressing-plate alsoprovided with an annular flange adapted to enter the soap. This flangedlower compressing-plate may be used when the spindle is caused toentirely penetrate the soap and to project somewhat beyond it. It iscaused to engage the lower threaded end of said spindle or stem and isturned until its flanged ends are embedded in the soap and the latter isthereby compressed between the two flanged plates, thus thoroughlypreventing the access of water at either point at which the spindleprojects from the soap.

The depending flanges on the upper and lower plates may preferably beflaring on their interior surfaces. By this means an annular section ofsoap comprised between the spindle and said flange is thoroughlycompressed against said spindle. In some cases that is,when the spindledoes not pass through the soap, but only partially into its body thelower plate may be dispensed with. In this case the flanged plate, whichis permanently secured to the spindle, performs not only the function ofkeeping the water from contact with the spindle, but also has a means ofeflectuallygrasping the soap and holding it against removal when thesame is subjected merely to ordinary uses.

My invention consists in such further fea tures as will be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

My invention will now be described in connection with the accompanyingdrawings and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying myinvention applied to a cake of soap. Fig. 2 is a sectional Fig. 3 is aperspective view of one of the plates or disks.

Referring to the drawings, A is a spindle arranged to be insertedthrough the cake of soap and provided with a screw-thread a at one endand a plate or disk a near the other. end, said plate or disk having anannular flange 00*. Above this disk at the spindle may be provided withan eye a for the attachment of a chain or other flexible securingdevice,

Patented Apr. u, I899;

T. WHALEY.

CAR COUPLING Patented Ap r. ll, I899.

f. WHALEY. GAR COUPLING.

(Application filed Dec. 7, 1898.)

